Bombay 2 Pune journeys getting Non-Filmy

It's almost been a month since I posted about a Bombay-Pune journey....main reason has been that they've become quite non-filmy and un-interesting.

Have tried out a variety of modes in the last month....

May 18th - Bombay to Pune - Non AC Tata Indica
Rs 150. This ones a wee bit filmy. Was meant to meet up a friend at Dadar n travel back to pune with her.....but reached Dadar just as the bus left n the queue was soooo long that I didn't really want to waste time. Decided to go back home....met an IIM-A alum in the local train and had a nice chat with him about formal MBA education and entrepreneurship.....left for Pune after having dinner....took one of those shared private cars....and almost reached simultaneously with the volvo i was to be in. The filmy angle was taking a lift at 2 in the night to my place from Aundh!

May 21st - Pune to Bombay - MSRTC AC Volvo
Rs 200. One of the most expensive methods to travel between these 2 cities....but its worth it when you are sitting next to an attractive girl for almost 4 hours!

May 26th - Bombay to Pune - MSRTC Non-AC Semi-Deluxe
Rs 117. Was tempted to take an AC bus...but the queue was just toooo huge and the queue was non-existant for the non-ac line. But a seat in the last row of a rickety state transport bus is not the coolest methods of traveling.

May 28th - Pune to Bombay - Deccan Queen
Rs 90. Was traveling by train after a long time. I still love the Deccan Queen. Fastest means to travel between these 2 cities - If you want to reach South Bombay in the morning during office hour.

1st June - Bombay to Pune - MSRTC Non-AC Semi-Deluxe
Rs 117. The total journey took me around 6 hours. 40 mins to reach Dadar from office and 1 hr 20 mins was the wait to catch the bus. And why was i going to pune? Just so that I could bike down to Alibaugh the next day! Which is much closer to bombay than to pune.
One thing I noticed was that - everyone got off the bus at the halt @ the food mall in lonavla. This was the first time i've witnessed everyone getting off....and as you can imagine....it took around 30 mins for everyone to get back! Oh ya...damn the Rs 12 vada pav!

4th June - Pune to Bombay - Chevrolet Tavera
Rs 150. Hadn't slept for almost 3 days......so don't remember much except for a highly uncomfortable sleep-ful journey.

Monsoon Mention: Rains are about to hit Mumbai soon...and i'm not looking forward to it. It rained for the first time this year on 31st May....the same day it had rained last year for the first time (for me).